The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed: Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of MedicineHollick, Frederick
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The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed: Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine
Hollick, Frederick
Chloroform; Gynecology; Indian Territory; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Pregnancy
_The Two Arms._--Even this difficulty is often overcome spontaneously,
though much more rarely than the former one. As soon as it is detected,
the accoucheur must endeavor to return one or both of the limbs, if the
labor has not proceeded too far; and if he cannot succeed the delivery
must be accomplished as soon as possible, either by turning or with the
forceps, unless there be reasonable ground for delay.
_The Feet._--Either one or both of the feet may also descend with the
head, at first, though they usually recede and allow the head to be
born alone. When they are so impacted as to prevent the delivery being
completed, the accoucheur must interfere. In most cases he will find it
quite easy to push the feet above the head, and allow that to descend
alone; but if this is not possible he must introduce one hand, grasp
the feet with it, and pull them down, while the other pushes the head
up. This will turn the child, and if it be in no immediate danger, and
the mother is not suffering, the rest may be left to nature; but if
the contrary is the case, the delivery must be finished as speedily as
possible. When the head is very low down it may be necessary to use the
forceps, but great care must be observed not to grasp the feet along
with the head when using them.
_A Foot and Arm._--The proceeding is the same as with the foot alone.
If the limbs cannot be returned the head and arm must be pushed up,
while the foot is brought down.
TWINS AND TRIPLETS.
In most cases where there are two or more children the delivery is
easier than with one, because they are generally small, and the first
one so prepares the way that the rest are born without difficulty. It
is also a fact that twins are nearly always born before full term, and
consequently are not quite grown.
The expulsion of the second fœtus usually takes place, immediately
after the first, though sometimes the Womb stops contracting, and it
is not born for half an hour or more, and it may even remain for hours
or days. It is a question whether, in such a case, the second delivery
should be left for Nature to finish, or whether the accoucheur should
terminate it sooner artificially. The most general practice is to wait
only about half an hour, and then, if the Womb is still inert, use
friction, or other necessary means, to excite it, and accomplish the
second delivery as soon as possible. If there be more than two the
proceeding is still the same.
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